Workman&#39;s time-recorder.



No. 886,456. l PATENTED MAY 5, 1908. W. A. WOOD.

WORKMANS TIME RECORDER.

APPLIOATI-OH FILED FEB. 3, 1903.

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110.886,456. l PATBNTBD MAY 5, 1908.

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WORKMAN'S TIME RECORDER. .APPLICATION FILED PEB. a, 190s.

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l No. 886,456. PATENTBD MAY 5, 190s.

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WORKMANS TIME RECORDER.

APPLICATION FILED un. a. 190s.

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No. 886,456. PATENTED MAY 5, 1908.

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WORKMANS TIME RECORDER.

APPLICATION FILED ma. a, Iena.

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3 vwa nto@ 'UITED STATES, PATENT OFFICE.

WILLIAM ARCHIBALD WOOD, OF MONTREAL, QUEBEC, CANADA.

WORKMANS TIME-RECORDER.

Specification `of Letters Patent.

Patented May 6, 1908.

Applicmmnied February isos. semi No. 141,766.

the same time utilize a narrower time sheet (with a consequent reduction in the' size of the machine), and register the number of workmen which have recorded their time.

The invention may be said brieiiy to consist in providing an improved automatic shift for the type-wheel supporting carriage whereby the carriage will e automatical y shifted by the clock movement at predetermined times and whereby the printing means will be prevented from chan ing its position during any predetermined ay of rest in a Weekly cycle where the week commences between Monday and Saturda and will bein position to be actuated by t e workman and record his time in the column upon t e time sheet, next to that which has received his record the night before, means whereby this automatic shift will be set simultaneously with the` clock movement and type wheels;

adapting the carriage to work constantly in the same plane; providing time-sheet carrying and operating means whereby thesheet, when carried upon a pair of rolls ma be rotated with the workmans lever and a low the latter to describe a complete circle or more in either direction; improved platen raising means an improved operative connection between the minute and hour wheels and for preventing the movement of the hour-wheel past the point desired when being set by reference must be had to turning the clock hands; a special arrangement of the. indicator dial, whereby chance of punching twice over the same portion of the sheet is obviated providing an operative connection between t e platen and the ink `ribbon spools; simplified means for changing the direction of feed; and means for countin the workmen who have registered. For fu comprehension, however, of my invention the accompanying drawings wherein Figure 1 is a side elevation of a`time recorder constructed according to my invention with the casing in transverse section; Fig. 2 is a detail transverse sectional view taken on line A, B, Fig. 1 enlarged; Fig. 3 is a detail perspective view, in reduced scale, of the time recorder; Fig. 4l is a detail view illustrating the ribbonshiftin gear; Fi 5 a detail view of a ortion of the our whee and illustrating particularly1 the means for adjusting same automatica upon each record made by a workman; ig. 6 is a detail view of a portion of the means for operating the time wheels, and Fig. 7 is asectional view of 4the frame and illustrating particularl the means whereby the number oi' times t e recorder is operated, is recorded. Fig. 8 illusL trates the means for causing the hour wheel to be operated by the arbor of the minute wheel.

The workmans lever-1 is, as formerly pivoted at its lower end as at 2 to the lower end of an arm 3rigidly secured midway of its len th to a sleeve to be presently described y an between which and the working artsl there is an operative connection, the ever having the usual pin 4 to enter a hole in the dial 5 thereby uiding the inward'movement ofsaid lever, w ich during said inward movement presses a s indle 6 and causes it to slide through the sai sleeve as formerly. I make this spindle 6 of suiicient len th however, to extend completely through t e machine for reasons to be hereinafter shown. n

The type-wheels 14 and 15 are mounted in a rectangular frame 16 supported by a sleeve 17 slidable upon a rod 18 and carrying the frame 16 which is guided by a guiding rod 19 encircled by an eye 20 upon said frame. This frame and sleeve constitute the carriage which is maintained constantly in the same plane by said rods 18 and 19. The carriage is shifted or fed automatically by a sprin roller 2l to which the carriage is connecte by a cord 22, which ycauses it to bear constantly upon a series of i rotating annular stops in the form of disks, each having a notch 24, said disks being arranged in such is rotata ly supported in bearings 29 uponv the frame and has a pinion 30 upon one end, and its other end tapered as at 31 and bearing upon a disk 32 supported in a bracket 33 secured to the frame. This construction enables the rod 27 and with it 'the annular sto to be shifted and move the type wheels bacs: to print in the previous column, as, for instance, is required when a workman leaves when other workmen are due to return.

In order to provide an effective operative connection between the clock-movement and the type-wheels, in whatever position the carriage may be located, I mount a corruated rod constituting an elon ated gear 35, 1n bearings in the frame 73 an having upon one end a pinion 36 which is driven by a driving pinion 37 also im arting rotation to the pinion 30 through an lntermediate or idle ygear 38. This elongated gear intermes'hes with a pinion 39 ri i ly upon an arbor 40 rotatabl carried in earings 41 upon the carriage ame 16, a bevel Gear 42 also rigidly upon saidarbor intermeslng with a second bevel gear 43 rigidly u on the shaft 44 upon' which the minute whee 15 is rigidly mounted The detent shaft 27 and elongated gear are driven in unison by a bevel gear 45 rigidly upon the shaft 46 carrying driving pinion 37,

and a bevel gear 4S upon the lower end of a rod 49 the upper end whereof carries a bevel Oear 50 intermeshing with and being rotated by a bevel gear 5l rotated upon the minutewheel shaft 52 of the clock movement.

The minute type-wheel is as just shown rotated by the clock work and 1t is geared to turn once every hour, as usual, and the hour wheel is operatively connected to the minute wheel to rotate once every twelve or twentyfour hours according to the requirements. According to the arran ement illustrated the hour wheel is rotate once every twelve hours.

In order to render the setting of the clock accurate I mount a cam wheel 80 upon shaft 44 and fulcrurn a bell crank lever 81 to the inside of the carriage framel 16 and furnish its upper free end with a pin 82 adapted to be borne upon by the carn. A straight ,lever arm 83 1s fulcrumed to this bell crank-lever and has its outeryend tapered and formed with a hook 84 to engage the teeth of the hour,wheel and rotate the latter, and a second lever-arm 85 having one end ta ered and vformed with a hook 86, to limit t e movement of the hour wheel, is fulcrumed at its opposite end to the upper end of a standard v87 rigidly upon a cross-piece 88 of the carcrank lever in contact with the periphery of the cam, and bow s rings 92 93, and 94 cause thel'esplective pa: s 83,h851, and 21319 to bea; yiel u ntetoote ri e 950 the salitir ii'oui'xivheel.v p ry The minute wheel is automatically adjusted into alinement with the hour wheel and the printing line by means of a series of tapered holes 96 in a ring 97 carried ri 'dl upon and concentric to the minute wee and a dowel pin 98 carried in a sleeve 99 secured' by a bracket 100 to the carriage frame 16. One end of this dowel pin is tapered as at 101 and the other end is borne upon by one arm 102 of a bell-crank lever the other arm whereof pro'ects across the upper end of a pin 103 cariedlin a small bracket .arm 104,

' a spring 105 yieldingly maintaining said bellcrank-lever 1n such position. The pin 103 is located above thev platen and in position to be engaged thereby upon the upwardmovement thereof.

l prefer to carry the time sheet 53 upon a pair of rolls 54 mounted rigidly upon shafts 55 bearing in the frame 73 and one of which has a gear 56 ri idly thereon and interneshing with an id er4 56* which in turn intermeshes with a gear 57 rigidly upon a rotatable sleeve 58 sup orted in bearings in the said frame and iield against longitudinal movement therein by a pair of collars 59 rigidly thereon, this sleeve is, together with other means, operatively connected to the workmans lever and will be further alluded to in connection with the description of said lever. A pair of chains or erforated bands 60 are looped over these ro lers one at each y end thereof and said rollers each have a series of teeth or pins 61 at their ends which engage the perforations in said bands, while the time sheet, 53, has its ends held between the jaws 62 and 63 of a pair of s ring clips, carried by the bands 60 one (62 of the jaws of each clip being on the inside and the other (63) on the outside, while the periphery of the rolls 54 are notched as at 65 to accommodate said inner jaws 62.

My improved laten is located as formerly between the rol s 54 and consists of a flat to )pcd bar 7() having a strip of rubber 71 or other flexible material thereon. This laten is vertically reciprocated and is guide in its movement by having its endsprojecting into vertical slots 72 in the frame 73, the reci rocal movement being imparted b apair o links 74 pivotally connected at t eir upper ends thereto and at their lower ends to a slide rod adjacent ends of said spindle and the rod 75,'

and an expansile helical spring 78 encircling said rod 75 and bearing between a collar 79 is driven by the minute Wheel, this scribed in detail.

thereon and the frame. The positionof'the platen is directly below the carriage and in the vertical plane of' thety e'wheels and 'it extends longitudinall of t e movement of the carriage. It Wil be observed that the platen while being moved to. and froni'the type wheels is maintained' constantly in a horizontal position thus insuring a uniformity in the printing action at Whatever along the platen the type-Wheels may ends of said bar 119, and act as guides for a pair of -lifting vpins 123 held against completely dropping therefrom by retaining pins 124 u on said pins 123 and projecting into said sibts 1,22. The lower ends of these lifting pins 123 have heads 125 thereon which.

are impinged upon by the platen as it rises. The direction of ,feed of the ribbon is reversed mainly by the usual meansl which kI illustrate inFig. 4 but do not describe indetail. The novel features in this reversing means consist ofL a pair of stops v126 rigidly upon said slide bar and a straight lever127 operated by the usual bell crank lever. p

v An announcer indicated at 130 is actuated by the platen as it rises thus announcimJr each registration. The time piece 135, andJ indicator 136 are as usual and need not be de- The indicator however is located immediately above the workmans dial and its index finger 137 is mounted upon an arbor 138 which is connected by a pair oi intermeshing pinions 139 and 1.4() mounted respectively upon said arbor 138 and upon the arbor upon which the springv drum 21 before mentioned is mounted` The number of workmen recording their time is recorded on a counting dial 15() the index finger 151 whereof is mounted upon a spindle 152 bearing in bracket 153 on the frame and having a ratchet wheel 154l thereon which is intermittently rotated by' a pawl 155 upoi the-platen.

O eration: The operation of rn improved wor mans time recorder is as fol ows The clock work actuates theparts of-my recorder through gear wheel 51 upon arbo'r 52 which ear wheel 51. intermeshing with gear whee 50 upon spindle 49 from which rotative movement is imparted to vdrivin gear 37 through the 'medium of gears 48an 45 andv arbor 46.

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The ink ribbon 110 iscarried upon a'pair of ribbon spools 111, 112 rotatably carried upon stub spindles 113 mounted upon wings` 114 on the carriage frame 16'. A pair of ratchet Wheels 115 are secured rigidly to the?` agpd `alter-fv t eribboric awls 116 pivoted` ivoted at ythe ma '.This gear 37 rotates the spindle 27 and. elongated gear 35, simultaneously, ,Y

through glears ,30, 36 and 38, thus operating of his particular number on thedial 5, and upon pressing pin v4 into thehjole; the lever will force the ,spindle 6 inwards thereby raising the platen and withit the time sheet, and

v causing the time'to be printed upon the latter Vopposite 'the workmans number.- Simultaneously the platen bearslu on the heads 125' of the pawl operatin ribbon feeding gear, the f-be lis also rung,A and if-the feed of the ribbon happens to bring the` fendf of it near the printing bead 160 u on said ribbon will trip'upon the pins 161 o thereversingangular lever 162 and reverse the feedby causinglever 127 to shift the slide bar 119 and move one operating gear at one end of the bar lout of engagement with` the vratchet Wheel 116 of its winding drum, and the other o erating Gear into engagement with its ratchet wheeI.` Each rise of the platen turns the index finger of the Workmen counting device a unit thus enne. TheA Workman"swin s the llever 1`ai'ound in either direction to t e hole ins of the ink l ine a transverse abling the number of workmen entered to be ascertained at a lance.

The number o men in the works should ycorrespond to the 'number registered on the counting dial.

What I claim is as follows 1. In a time recorder the combination withI time recording means, and a support for a record receiving sheet, of means for automati'cally intermittently changing the rela-v said support to divide each day into intervals, such last mentioned means being ,neathsaid printing wheels for a time sheet,-

means for causing said time wheels and sup-` port to .bear upon one anotherwith the time sheet between them, means for automaticrtive position of said recording means and, l

ally intermittently shifting said carrier strips across the surface of the said support, means for3 recording upon .the device the daily incomings and outgoings of a Workman Atime sheet, of a shaft rotated and rotary means operatively connecting the clock work to the recording means, and

a time sheet, and means for yieldingly drawing said carrier across said support for the y said clock movement, a series of detent disks mounted upon and rotatable with said shaft, a dog u on said carrier bearing upon said detent disks, said detent disks having their eripheries interrupted at different angu ar positions respectively to allow the assage of the dog and carrier, substantia y as described.

6. In a time recorder the combination with a clock movement, a carrier, time printing devices carried by said carrier, a support for a time sheet, and means for yieldingly drawing said carrier across said su port for the time sheet, of a shaft rotated by said clock movement, a series of detent disks mounted adjustably upon and rotatable with said shaft, a dog uponsaid carrier bearin upon said detent disks,.said detent disks aving their peripheries interrupted at different angular positions respectively to allow the passage of the dog and carrier, substantially as described. v 7. In a time recorder the combination with a clock movement, a carrier, time printing devices carried by said carrier, a support for a time sheet, and means for yieldingly drawing said carrier across said su port for the time sheet, of a shaft rotated y said clock movement, means whereby said shaft is reciprocated, a series of detent disks mounted upon and rotatable with said shaft, a dog upon said carrier bearing upon said detent disks, said detent disks having their peripheries interrupted at different angular positions respectively to allow the assage of the dog and carrier, substantia y as delscribed.

8. In a time recorder the combination with a clock movement, a carrier, time printing devices carried by said carrier, a support for a time sheet, and means for yieldingly drawing said carrier across said su port for the time sheet, of a shaft rotated by said clock movement, means whereby said shaft is reciprocated, a series of detent disks mounted ai justabl upon and rotatable with said shaft, a i og u on said carrier bearing upon said shaft, a i og u on said carrier bearing upon said detent disiis, said detent disks having their peripheries at different angular positions respectively to allow the passage of the dog and carrier, substantia y as described.

9. In a time recorder the combination with a clock movement, a carrier, time printing devices carried by said carrier, a support for a time sheet, and means for yieldingly drawing said carrier across saidsu port for the time sheet, of a shaft rotated by said clock movement, a series of grou s of detent disks mounted upon and rotatab e with said shaft with spaces between said grou s, a dog upon said carrier bearing upon sai detent disks, said detent disks having their peripheries interrupted-at different angular positions re-I spectively to allow the passage of the dog and carrier, substantially as described.

10. In a time recorder the combination with a clock movement, a carrier, time printing devices carried by said carrier, a su port for a time sheet, and means for yiel i ly drawing said carrier across said su ortnor the time sheet, of a shaft rotatedp y said clock movement, means whereby said shaft is reciprocated, a series of groups of detent disks mounted` upon and rotatable with said shaft with spaces between said groups, a dog upon said carrier bearing upon said detent disks, said detent disks having their peripheries interrupted at different angular ositions respectively to allow the passage o the dog and carrier, substantially as described.

l1. In a time recorder the combination with a clock movement, a carrier, time printing devices carried by saidcarrier, a su port for a time sheet, and means for yieldingly drawing said carrier across said su ort or the time sheet, of a shaft rotate y said 'clock movement, a series of groups of detent disks mounted adjustably upon and rotatable with said shaft with spaces between said grou s, a dog upon said carrier bearing upon sai detent disks, said detent disks having 'their peripheries interrupted at different angular positions respectively to allow the passa e of the dog and carrier, substantially as escribed.

12'. In a time recorder the combination with a clock movement, a carrier, time printing devices carried by said carrier, a su port for a time sheet, and means for yieliii ly drawing said cari'ier across said su ortilor the time sheet, of a shaft rotatedpby said clock movement, means whereby said shaft is reciprocated, a series of groups of detent disks mounted adjustably and rotatable with said shaft with spaces between said groups, a dog upon said carrier bearin upon said detent disks, said detent disks aving their peripheries interrupted at different angular positions respectively to allow the assage of the dog and carrier, substantia y as described.

13. In a time recorder the combination with a clock movement, a support for a record receiving sheet, a carriage With typew`heels mounted thereon and means for automatically intermittently changing the position of said carriage and said support with varyin and Vvadjustable periodsof intermission, o an elongated gear extending parallel to the path ofl movement of said carriage,

said carriage traveling longitudinally of said elongated gear, a train `of gears operativeljT connecting said clock vmovement to said elongated gear, and a train of gears u on the carriage one of said last mentione gears interineshing with and sliding along said 4elongated gear' thereby operatively connect'- movement, a siplport for a time sheet, and

means controlle y said clock movement for intermittently shifting said Atime recording means across the sup ort for the time sheet, of means whereby said shifting means is set simultaneously with the setting of the clock movement in order to cause the predetermined time of action of said shifting means to constantly correspond to, and said action take place at that time when it is indicated by the time recorder.

15. In a time recorder the combination with the frame thereof, a horizontally movable carriage for the time recording means, and a support for a time sheet, of means for intermittently shifting said carria e, consisting of a horizontal rod supporte by said frame and extending transversely to the said support for the time sheet, a sleeve connected to said carriage and slidable upon said rod, means tending to move said carriage towards one end of said rod, and means detaining said carriage away from said end of said rod and intermittently releasing same, substantially as described. f

16. In a time recorder the combination with the frame thereof, a horizontally movable carriage for the time recording means,

and a support for a time sheet, of means for intermittently shifting said carriage, consisting of a horizontal rod supported by the frame and extendingtransversely to the said support for the time sheet; a sleeve connected to said carriage and'slidable upon said rod; means tending to move said carriage towards one end of said rod; means detaining said carriage awa from said end of said rod and intermittent y releasing same, and a second rod parallel to said first mentioned rod, and 'secured transversely to said frame and maintaining said carriage constantly in the same plane substantially as described.

17. In the time recorder the combination with the frame thereof, time rinting means, and a Workmans oscillatory Iiever, of a support for a time sheet consisting of a pair of rolls located' one on each side of and below said time printing means, a iiexible length loo ed around and operatively connected to sai pair of rolls, means for securing a time sheet to said flexible length, a gear mounted uponone of said rolls, a train of gears rotatively connecting said workmans levervto said gear mounted upon the roll, and a laten beneath the upper ortion of said length to receive the impact of the impression during rinting. p 4 18. n a time recorder the combination with time printing devices, means for shifting said printing devices, and a workmans lever, of a platen extending parallel to and from vices, means preventing` longitu inal movement of said platen and means operatively connected to said Workmans lever for movving said platen transverselyinto contact With and away from said yrinting devices, substantially as described) set forth. l .Y

19. In a time recorder the combination with the frame thereof having vertical slots in its opposite sides time printing devices, means for shifting said printing devices, and a workmans 4ever, of a platen extendi parallel to and from end to end of the .path o said printing devices, and having its end end to end ofthe path of said printing deand for the purpose.

exible guided in said slots inthe'frame, means pre- I tion to strike l,said bell, and its other end inf ath of said platen, substan- I tersecting the tiallyy as descri forth. 21. In a time recorder the combination ed and for the purpose set with a'reciprocatory laten, and a dial supiplorted adjacent to said platen with an index nger,and an arbor supporting said index finger atone end and having its other end sup orted adjacent to said platen, of ai` ratc et wheel mounted upon said arbor, a pawl mounted upon said platen and pivotally connected thereto in position toy engage the teeth of said ratchet wheel, substantially as described and for the purpose set forth.

22. In a time recorder the Acombination with the frame thereof, a workmans'lever rotatably mounted upon said frame, a carriage, means for supporting said carriage, a shaft mounted in said frame, means tending to move' said carriage towards one end of said shaft, and a rotative connection between said workmans leverA and said shaft, of aseries of roups of annular detents mounted upon sai shaft with spaces between said detents `and wider spaces between said ou s, said annulardetents consisti ofA ve ed r' each ha a notch in its erimeter all?S arrangedvlllllon said shaft vsiith their notches in 1different nlngular `positims, and a s rm aw u on sai carri e an e mg sid tilelient, sliibstantially :.sgdescrilibcilagand for the purpose set forth.

23. InY a time recorder the combination with hour and minute type wheels mounted upon suitably supported shafts, of a snail cam mounted upon the shaft of the minute wheel, an angular lever fulcrumed adjacent to the hour wheel at one end and having a lateral projection at its other end in e agement with said cam, a spring maintammg said angular lever yieldingly in the position with its projection in contact with the peripheryof said cam, a disk mounted rigidly upon the shaft of the hour wheel and having a series of circumferential projections arranged a short distance a art, a spring pawlpivoted to said angular ever near the lower end thereof and having its outer end beveled and in the form of va hook and restin upon the periphery of said disk, a secon pawl fulcrumed tosaid angular lever a short distance from the pivoted end of said angular lever and having its free end beveled and in the form of a hook and bearing upon the periph- I ery of said disk, a suitably supported third spring awl fulcrumed at one end adjacent to the side of the periphery of said disk opposite to the side adjacent to which the first mentioned awl is fulcrumed, and having its free end) j theend of said second mentioned spring paWl and havin the end thereof .beveled and hooked wit greater height .along its beveled side and fromthe point of its hook to its end than between the point of the hook and the end of said second pawl, substantially as described and for the purpose set forth.

24. In a time recorder the combination with a minute wheel having a series of tapered sockets therein, of a suitably supported slidable pin in line with a point passed y said series of sockets, and a bellcrank lever fulcrumed to a stationary part of the machine and having one end extending adjacent to the outer` end of said pin, a s ring yieldingly retaining. said end of the ever away from said pin, a vertically movable pin having its up er end in enga ement with the other arm o said bell-cran lever, and an operative connection between the workmans lever and said last mentioned pin whereby said in will be raised upon each de ression of t e Workmans lever, substantia g' as described and for the purpose set fort 25. In a workmans time recorder the combination` with the case thereof having its rear portion raised above its front portion, of

seque extending over and bearing uponA a workmans dial and an indicator dial both located upon the front of said front portion and a clock dial located upon the frontof said raised rear portion in order to allow the pendulum a clear swing thus obviating any danger of. the pendulum coming into' contact with the other working parts of the recorder, substantially as described and. for .the purpose set forth.

26. In a workmans time recorder lthe combination with the case thereof having its rear portion raised above its front portion, of aworkmans dial and an indicator dial both located u on the front of said front ortion and one a ove and in line with the ot eriand a clock dial located 'upon the front of said raised rear portion in order to allow the pendulum a clear swing thus obviating any danger of the pendulum coming into contact with the other workin parts of the recorder, substantially as described and for the purpose set forth. Y

27. In a time recorder the combination with a time sheet carrier constituting a pair of rolls and a pair of flexible lengths encircling said rolls and located a distance apart, of means for connecting a time sheet to the sainl pair of flexible lengths to move therewitv 28. In a time recorder the combination with a time sheet carrier consisting of a pair ofrolls and a pair of bands encirclin said rolls and located a distance a art, of clipping means carried by said bands or connecting a time sheet thereto, said clippin means extendinv from one to the other o said bands. 29. In a time recorder the combination with a time sheet carrier consisting of a pair vof rolls anda pair of chains encircling said rolls and located a distance apart, of a pair of clips carried by said chains or connecting a time sheet thereto, said clips extending from one to the other of said chains.

30. In a time recorder the combination with a time sheet carrier consisting of a pair of rolls and a pair of chains encircling said rolls and located a distance apart, of clipping means carried `by said chains for connecting a time sheet thereto, said clipping means ex- `tendin from one to the other of said chains.

31. n a workmans time-recorder, the combination with a movable member and means tending ,to move said member, of means for regulating such motion, such means comprising a rotating shaft along the path of travel of said member, and a series of disks mounted thereon, such disks being adapt-ed to normally engage said member to prevent its movement, and being provided with notches permitting its movement.

32. In a workmans time-recorder, the combination of a platen, a time-printing device, means tendmg to movesaid printin device. across said platen, a rotating shafgt along the path of travell ofsaid device anda.

series of disks adjustably positioned thereon, such disks being adapted'to normally engage said printing device and prevent its movement, and being provided with notches permitting the movement of said printing device.

In testimony whereof, I have affixed my i signature, in presence of two Wltnesses.

WILLIAM ARCHIBALD Woon.

Witnesses: I i

WILLIAM P. MCFEAT, Y FRED. J. SEARS. A 

